The CLACLS Fellowship allowed me to access some online specialized workshops on film, contemporary art and photography that complement and enrich my actual interests looking forward my second examination. I was also able to. I planned a summer of archival research in Venezuela, after pandemic was declared, the country locked down and still almost every plane activity remains forbidden. Due to material and institutional structure consequences that the country has gone through during Chavismo era, it is extremely hard to get online archival material. That is why it is only accessible in person. I am taking advantage of knowledge organized in talks, workshops and the immense effort behind those initiatives coming from my country where power energy and Internet normally are scarce or do not coincide one and another at the same time in households or offices. It has also been an issue the library availability to obtain certain books that are non-existent in the market (because they might be old or limited editions were made) or are too expensive to buy. This part remains uncertain for most level II PhD students working with cultural objects.



